RUSSIA
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Hyper-inflation figured into
the average Russian's life makes
living even worse
"Yesterday, people can buy
this or that, hut today, the pric e
could l)o three to four times” the
price the item was the day
before, the instructor said.
Yurevich lived with a family
white ho was staying in
Moscow. Hut it's people like
them, he said, that the western
nations don't see when devising
Russian policy.
"Yeltsin does all the things
the West likes, like no aggres
sion." said Yurevich. adding
that the real problems of the
people themselves ant elements
of Russian life* western notions
become blind to.
Yurevich said ho has yet to
contact his friends in Most ow.
As of Saturday, he said, phone
service was available, although
mail service proves difficult to
get through.
archive photo
Disney
duck
FROM THE PAST:
Walt Disney (right) met with
with former athletic director
Leo Harris. Phil Horns and Ed
Crowley In Los Angeles m
1947 The meeting was set
up to gain permission from
Disney to use Donald Duck
as the university mascot.
Prior to 1947 the University
duck was a freehand
sketch. Disney gave permis
sion however, in 1973 when
Disney died, the Disney cor
poration didn't want the
University to use Donald
without a confroct This
photo was used as proof
that Disney had made an
oral contract with the
University and a formal
agreement was hammered
out. Oregon is the only uni
versity in the nation that has
a Disney character as a
mascot.
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MONSON
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Byme said he convinced Nike Chair
man Phil Knight to allocate other
money to the OSN, which was then
paid to Monson via his OSN income.
The University claimed that it was Monson who breached the con
trad when he refused to report for his new duties. Byme went to Mon
son's office March 17, 1992. to inform Monson of the decision to
re assign him. On the witness stand, Byrne described Monson s reac
tion as "the most profane, vulgar. ... coarsest language I have ever
heard in my life."
After being informed of his re-assignment. Monson left Eugene that
day and did not return until his trial began, more than a year later.
The University continued paying Monson on his
contract until May 15. 1992.
The University said had Monson accepted either
of the offered re-assignments, he would have been
paid at the same salary as when he was basketball
coach. However, he would have lost his courtesy
cars and membership at the Eugene Country Club.
But Monson said he had lieen a basketliall coach
for 34 years, and for him to accept the re-assign
ment would have been "suicidal” to his career.
Monson is currently coach of the Adelaide 76ers,
UK—a professional basketball team in Australia.
Don Monson Byrne testified the decision to remove Monson
as basketball coach was based primarily on the
team's win-loss record and the apparent decline in the team's over
all performance during the previous couple of seasons.
At the time he was removed, Monson's record at the University
was 116-145 overall and 42-72 in his last four seasons with the Ducks.
Byrne said he had begun to consider replacing Monson early in the
season and cited a loss to the University of Montana, a Division I-AA
school, as an example of how poorly the Ducks were doing.
Byrne blamed the team's poor performance for falling attendance
at home games, including a sharp drop in attendance by students.
"The students really walked out on us," he said.
Men's basket lull and football are the only revenue-generating sports
at the University, and their income supports the other varsity sports.
However. Monson claimed he was never told his continued employ
ment at the University was contingent upon gale receipts or win-loss
records.
Byrne said he had never told Monson his employment depended
upon those factors, but said. "I think it was just assumed."
Monson claimed part of the reason for the team's miserable 1991
92 season, which Oregon finished at 6-21, was because junior guard
Terrell Brandon had left school to enter the NBA draft. Brandon now
plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Byrne countered that testimony, saying Brandon had been acade
mically expelled from the University and would not have been avail
able to play during the 1991-92 season.
That testimony emphasized comments by Byrne made on Mon
son's performance evaluation, which said "the largest number of mar
ginal academic students is on the men's basketball team."
The 11-women, one-man jury deliberated less than three hours
before rendering a verdict in Monson's favor. Monson sued for
$425,788.52. The judge instructed the jury that, if it found in Mon
son's favor, it must deduct the amount of money Monson could rea
sonably have been expected to earn elsewhere during the period of
his University contract.
The jury' then deducted Monson's income from his Australian coach
ing job. about $135,000. to come to a final judgment of $292,087.83
The state attorney general's office is currently deciding whether to
appeal the verdict.
Should Monson ultimately be victorious, the University will
need to find a way to foot the bill, most likely from its general fund
or the athletic department budget, said Dan Williams. University
vice president for administration.